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I exercise semi-regularly (2x a wk/~1 hr each session). Run several miles on 1 day, weight train the other day. Once in a while, a 3rd day playing 1 hr of basketball. I try to drink 80oz of water a ...

I woke up this morning after having a few drinks last night and felt particularly dehydrated.
Now, what I proceeded to do was drink a pint of water in, more or less, one go. I then went on to drink ...

I was wondering, since it seemed counterproductive to me, does it make sense to take creatine while also taking a diuretic?
If creatine creates an increase in size through storing more water weight ...

I see lots of recommendations of drinking enough water. Another usual fitness recommendation is getting a decent amount of sleep in order to help muscle growth and tissue repair (precious testosterone ...

I drink a lot of water. Easily 4 liters pure liquid on normal days, 5+ when exercising (5 days a week).
I heard as a child, that salt and water are stored and produce compartments similar to fat.
Is ...

I read on this page the phrase, 'Treading water – great all round body conditioner'.
What does this mean, to condition the body? I've heard of 'conditioning' before (when reading fitness how-to's), ...

A year ago I was a regular runner for a distance of 5k. No problems then. I stopped a while ago and now on restarting I feel that my mouth and my nasal cavity dries up too quickly for a very little ...

I have developed a habit of bringing a frozen water bottle to my Bikram Yoga class. When it gets really hellish, having a sip of still very cold water definitely neutralizes me better than drinking ...

I am looking for alternatives to doing effective cardio running in the water. Big plus if there are ways to get all of the same muscles to fire, to scale workouts easily, to be able to have an ultra ...

For the last four months I have been doing the Insanity workout. During this time I have decreased the amount of food I eat to about 1800-2000 calories a day. I drink the recommended amount of water ...

I sweat a lot, I don't know the reason behind it and also if this is bad for me.
This is making me think that I should find ways and make some habit to keep my body well hydrated all the time.
I know ...

I have read on various places that exercising for a prolonged period of time with excessive water intake can be dangerous. It may lead to water intoxication (hyponatremia).
After some searches and a ...

I workout in gym daily morning for 1 hour with high intensity. But after 30 minutes, I start to feel very exhausted, fatigue and dried throat. Because of that, I couldn't push myself for much. e.g. If ...

A friend is on an extreme diet that includes acupuncture (amongst other) - his diet is that 2 days he isn't eating anything (literally) and the rest he eats very little - up to twice a day, 1 portion ...

I have been wondering this for a while because I can put away a gallon of water in a reasonable amount of time if I just sip it for a while. The weird thing is that I had gastric bypass surgery so I ...